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Photos show angry protests in Louisville after no police were indicted for killing Breonna Taylor
Photos show angry protests in Louisville after no police were indicted for killing Breonna Taylor
Daniel Shular,Sinéad BakerSep 24, 2020, 17:57 IST
Riot police run toward protesters after using smoke and stun grenades to clear Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday.Daniel Shular
Protests erupted in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday after a grand jury declined to charge two of the three police officers involved in Breonna Taylor's death.
Officers shot Taylor in her own Louisville home in March. Her death became a focal point of the Black Lives Matter movement and protests that have continued across the country this year.
One of the officers was charged for firing shots that could have injured Taylor's neighbors, but not over her death.
Demonstrations have erupted in cities across the US. Here's what Louisville looked like on Wednesday:
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Breonna Taylor's name and image became a key part of the anti-racism and anti-police-brutality movement that swept the US.
This undated photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar shows Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky.
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The grand jury result — in which nobody was indicted over her death — sparked new protests and memorials in Louisville.
A Breonna Taylor memorial in Louisville on Wednesday.
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Protesters hugged after the decision was announced. Only one officer was indicted, over stray bullets which entered a neighboring apartment.
Two protesters embrace near Jefferson Square Park on September 23, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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And major protests took place in other US cities, like Colorado, New York, Washington, Chicago, and Atlanta. This was Denver:
People take a knee on the 16th Street Mall as they protest the grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case on September 23, 2020 in Denver.
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In Louisville, police marched through the city.
A line of police officers march toward Jefferson Square Park in Louisville.
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Police and protesters clashed. Police say around 100 protesters were arrested.
Riot police intervene in protesters in Louisville on Wednesday.
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Riot police in the city used tear gas and stun grenades to clear protesters from Jefferson Square Park.
Riot police clear protesters from Louisville's' Jefferson Square Park.
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And then ran towards groups of protesters.
Riot police run toward protesters after using smoke and stun grenades to clear Jefferson Square Park.
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In this scene, a trash fire burns across from the city's Hall of Justice courthouse.
The scene across the street from Louisville's Hall of Justice on September 23, 2020.
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The National Guard was also there.
National Guard soldiers watch riot police pass after the police cleared Jefferson Square Park.
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And FBI officers, too.
FBI officers near an armored truck in Louisville.
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And police rode through the city in armored vehicles.
Kentucky State Police officers ride in an armored truck as it drives down West Jefferson Street in Louisville.
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Two police officers were shot in downtown Louisville on Wednesday.
Louisville police investigate the scene near where the two police officers were shot.
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Armed police watched over the scene.
A Louisville police officer stands guard with an AR-15 rifle at the scene near where two police officers were shot.
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Louisville Assistant Chief of Police Robert Schroeder said that both officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries and a suspect is in custody.
Louisville Assistant Chief of Police Robert Schroeder speaks at a press conference near the University of Louisville Hospital.
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Police said that "several locations" were looted early on Thursday morning, after the city's curfew came into effect.
Protesters march in Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday after a judge announced the charges.
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